Feature Comparison
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Dell BMC |
iDRAC Basic |
iDRAC Express |
iDRAC Enterprise |
Interfaces / Standards |
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IPMI 2.0 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
DCMI 1.5 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Web-based GUI |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Racadm command line (local/remote) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
SMASH-CLP (SSH-only) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Telnet |
P |
P |
P |
P |
SSH |
P |
P |
P |
P |
WSMAN |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Network Time Protocol |
P |
P |
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Connectivity |
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Shared NIC |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Dedicated NIC (with Ports card) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
VLAN tagging |
P |
P |
P |
P |
IPv4 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
IPv6 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
DHCP |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Dynamic DNS |
P |
P |
P |
P |
OS pass-through |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Front panel USB |
P |
P |
P |
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Security |
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Role-based authority |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Local users |
P |
P |
P |
P |
SSL encryption |
P |
P |
P |
P |
IP blocking |
P |
P |
P |
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Directory services (AD, LDAP) |
P |
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Two-factor authentication |
P |
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Single sign-on |
P |
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PK authentication |
P |
P |
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Remote Presence |
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Power control |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Boot control |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Serial-over-LAN |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Virtual Media |
P |
P |
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Virtual Folders |
P |
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Remote File Share |
P |
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Virtual Console |
P |
P |
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VNC connection to OS |
P |
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Quality/bandwidth control |
P |
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Virtual Console collaboration (6 users) |
P |
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Virtual Console chat |
P |
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Virtual Flash partitions |
P |
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Power and Thermal |
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Real-time power meter |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Power thresholds & alerts |
P |
P |
P |
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Real-time power graphing |
P |
P |
P |
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Historical power counters |
P |
P |
P |
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Power capping |
P |
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Power Center integration |
P |
P |
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Temperature monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Temperature graphing |
P |
P |
P |
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Health Monitoring |
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Full agent-free monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Predictive failure monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
SNMPv1, v2 and v3 (traps and gets) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Email alerting |
P |
P |
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Configurable thresholds |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Fan monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Power Supply monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Memory monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
CPU monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
RAID monitoring (PERC) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
NIC monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
HD monitoring (enclosure) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Out of Band Performance Monitoring |
P |
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Update |
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Remote agent-free update |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Embedded update tools |
P |
P |
P |
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Sync with repository (scheduled updates) |
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P |
Auto-update |
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P |
Deployment and Configuration |
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Embedded OS deployment tools |
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P |
P |
P |
Embedded configuration tools |
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P |
P |
P |
Auto-Discovery |
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P |
P |
Remote OS deployment |
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P |
P |
Embedded driver pack |
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P |
P |
P |
Full configuration inventory |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Inventory export |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Remote configuration |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Zero-touch configuration |
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P |
System Retire/Repurpose |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Diagnostics, Service and Logging |
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Embedded diagnostic tools |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Part Replacement |
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P |
P |
Server Configuration Backup |
Via Scripting |
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P |
Server Configuration Restore |
Via Scripting |
P |
P |
P |
Easy Restore (system configuration) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Health LED / LCD |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Quick Sync (require NFC bezel) |
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P |
P |
P |
iDRAC Direct (front USB mgmt port) |
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P |
P |
P |
iDRAC Service Module (iSM) |
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P |
P |
P |
Embedded Tech Support Report |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Crash screen capture |
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P |
P |
P |
Crash video capture |
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P |
P |
Boot capture |
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P |
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Manual reset for iDRAC |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Virtual NMI |
P |
P |
P |
P |
OS watchdog |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Embedded Health Report |
P |
P |
P |
P |
System Event Log |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Lifecycle Log |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Work notes |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Remote Syslog |
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P |
License management |
P |
P |
P |